Professor Khalid Khan
Professor of Women's Health and Clinical Epidemiology
email: k.s.khan@qmul.ac.uk
Phone: +44 20 7882 2621
Fax: +44 20 7117 4571
PA: Tracy Holtham
Tel: +44 20 7882 2525
t.d.holtham@qmul.ac.uk
Centre for Primary Care and Public Health
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Postal address:
2 Newark Street
London
E1 2AT
Khalid is Professor of Women’s Health and Clinical Epidemiology.
His expertise is in clinical obstetrics-gynaecology, patient-oriented health research and medical education. He has published over 250 peer reviewed journal articles and authored 20 books and chapters. His research contribution is in systematic reviews (meta-analyses), multicentre primary prospective evaluations of treatments and tests, health technology assessment, and evaluation of educational methods. His research has contributed to shape practice and policy in many areas including ambulatory diagnosis of postmenopausal bleeding, peer support for breastfeeding, chronic pelvic pain, menorrhagia, testing for spontaneous preterm labour, testing for small for gestational age fetus, screening for group-B streptococcus infection during labour and screening for pre-eclampsia amongst other clinical areas. He has led methodological research in systematic reviews and evaluations of tests without gold standard. He has supervised research training under World Health Organisation (WHO) and Medical Research Council (UK MRC) research training fellowships and has 8 students who have completed higher academic degrees. His educational research explores how best to teach and learn evidence-based medicine (EBM).
One of his books on EBM has won BMA Medical Book competition Award in Basis of Medicine category. Having obtained Masters degree in Medical Education and Fellowship of the UK Higher Education Academy, he has made significant contribution to teaching and training both within clinical and academic environments. He has run Teaching the Teachers courses and has developed e-learning courses in core EBM funded by the European Union. He has held key roles including Founding Director of WHO Collaborating Centre for Research Synthesis in Reproductive Health at University of Birmingham, Chair of Pan Birmingham Cancer Research Network Committee, Founding Chair of the Reproductive Health and Childbirth speciality group of the Birmingham and Black Country Comprehensive Local Research Network (BBC CLRN) where he had also been Member of the BBC CLRN Board and its Priority Areas committee, Director of Research and Development (R&D) at Birmingham Women’s Hospital where he had also been Postgraduate Clinical Tutor and Clinical Sub-dean for undergraduate education, and Chair of Advanced Training Committee of West Midlands School of Obstetrics-Gynaecology where he had also been Regional Preceptor for Advanced Training Skills Module in Medical Education and Director of Masterclass for senior trainees. He was awarded the Spinoza Chair (Visiting Scholarship) at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is Editor of the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Evidence-based Medicine and BMC Medical Education. He is also a Member of Academic Committee of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) where he has previously been member of the Guideline and Audit Committee and Study Groups on Multiple pregnancy and Preterm Labour. He is currently a member of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment Clinical Evaluation and Trials Board.